No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.

Thoughts eat me creepy words crush my head.. I hear them talk, they scream and howl for each other.. Weeping souls longing trapped in a cage full time.

You were born on a certain day, in a certain place, and on a certain time. God has a plan for you.

What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.

I can become someone else, not out of pressure and desperation, but merely because a new life sounds fun or interesting or joyful.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

We overestimate the event and underestimate the process. Every fulfilled dream occurred because of dedication to the process.

The most difficult secret for a man to keep is the opinion he has of himself.

To teach is to learn... If we ever think we know all there is to know about our creativity we are dead as artists.

Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.

I learned quickly that if the student’s perception is that you’re not listening to them, and not understanding them, they discredit you.